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Loren Vanderlinden is an adjunct professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. With over twenty years of experience in applied research and policy work, he has been involved with academic and public health organizations, focusing on environmental health policy and community consultation. He received his PhD in biomedical anthropology from the University of Toronto and completed postdoctoral training in environmental health at McMaster University. Currently, he also manages the Healthy Public Policy Directorate at Toronto Public Health, where he leads teams in developing evidence-informed public health policies. His research interests include precautionary principles, smoke-free policies, and the social determinants of health. Loren has co-investigated health assessment surveys for First Nations communities and engaged with various environmental health issues, including children’s health and pollution monitoring. He is active in knowledge exchange through presentations and authorship of policy research reports in peer-reviewed journals.
Toronto Public Health • Toronto, Ontario
Leads teams focused on developing evidence-informed public health policies.
Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto • Toronto, Ontario
Co-instructor and course director for Environmental Epidemiology.
Department of Sociology